State v. Hartmann

I. INTRODUCTION

Pursuant to verdict, defendant-appellant, Diane K. Hartmann, also known as Brandi Hartmann, was adjudged guilty of manslaughter, in violation of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-305 (Reissue 1989), and sentenced to imprisonment for a period of not less than 5 nor more than 15 years. She assigns as error the district court’s (1) limitation of her right to cross-examine one of the plaintiff-appellee State’s witnesses and (2) imposition of an allegedly excessive sentence. We affirm.

II. FACTS

Hartmann, who was 30 years old at the time of the event, is a married woman and the mother of two…